apartment building
noun
: a building containing separate residential apartments
called also apartment house
Examples of apartment building in a Sentence
We lived in an apartment building for several years before buying a house.
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Arriving officers found Cusick in the backseat of a vehicle in the parking lot of a small apartment building.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
The plans include 44 cottages and six buildings with two apartment buildings of 94 units, a 24-unit memory care building, a clubhouse, spa and private restaurant, set around resident amenities such as a pool, trails, gardens and pickleball courts.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
The Greenwich Village apartment building of New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn was defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday morning.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
With the possibility of the building being redeveloped as apartment buildings or a bougie event space, the residents are unsure of their futures.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
The plans include 44 cottages and six buildings with two apartment buildings of 94 units, a 24-unit memory care building, a clubhouse, spa and private restaurant, set around resident amenities such as a pool, trails, gardens and pickleball courts.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
The Greenwich Village apartment building of New York Times Executive Editor Joseph Kahn was defaced with red paint and graffiti in the early hours of Friday morning.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
With the possibility of the building being redeveloped as apartment buildings or a bougie event space, the residents are unsure of their futures.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for apartment building
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“Apartment building.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apartment%20building. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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